Epting's influences include Alex Raymond, Stan Drake, Jim Holdaway, Joe Kubert, John Buscema, Al Williamson, and José Luis García-López.

The creative team introduced a new version of the Swordsman character in issue #343[5] and worked on the "Operation: Galactic Storm" crossover storyline.

[4] After leaving The Avengers in 1994, Epting spent the next few years working on Marvel's franchise of X-Men titles including the "Age of Apocalypse" crossover[6] and Factor-X, the alternate timeline counterparts of X-Factor.

In 1998, Epting collaborated with writer Roger Stern on a story starring Marvel's World War II heroes, The Invaders.

Epting's next CrossGen project, El Cazador, was an historical adventure centering on a female pirate, it was cancelled after only six issues.

[9] Brubaker and Epting produced the storyline in which Captain America was assassinated[10] and replaced by his former sidekick Bucky Barnes.

[18] He drew the Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen limited series[19] which included an early appearance of the Punchline character in issue #3 (April 2020).